138 MOEMYEID^. 



as postocular part of head, straight, prolonged in the axis of the body, 

 tubiform, with slightly concave upper profile ; mouth very small, lower 

 jaw slightly projecting; 7 or 9 teeth in upper jaw, 10 in lower; eye 

 moderate, 4 or 5 times in length of snout, -^ interorbital width. Dorsal 

 83-90, originating well in advance of ventrals, about 6 times as long as 

 anal, and once and ^ as long as its distance from end of snout. Anal 

 17-18, nearer base of ventral than base of caudal. Pectoral poiated, as 



Fis. 114. 



>>. 



Mormyrus niJoticus, 

 Lower Nile (F. N.). }. 



long as head without snout, not reaching ventral. Caudal densely 

 scaled, with pointed lobes. Caudal peduncle nearly twice as long as 

 deep. 110-120 scales in lateral line, ^^^^^ i^^ transverse series on body, 



in transverse series between dorsal and anal, 28-30 round caudal 



20-24 

 22-24 



peduncle. Brown above, whitish beneath. 

 Total length 460 millim. 

 Lower Nile, Bahr-el-Gebel. 



1. Ad. Between Beni Souef and Biba, L. Loat, Esq. (C). 



Lower Nile. 



2. Ad. Wadelai, Bahr-el-Gebel. J. S. Budgott, Esq. (P.). 



11. MORMYRUS BOZASL 

 Pellegr. Bull. Mus. Paris, 1903, p. 327. 



Depth of body 4-J- times in total length, length of head 4 times. 

 Upper profile of head strongly curved ; snout produced, tubiform, about 

 as long as postocular part of head ; mouth small ; teeth notched ; eye 

 3 times in length of snout, once and ^ in interorbital width. Dorsal 77, 

 originating in advance of ventrals, 7 times as long as anal. Anal 17, 

 originating at equal distance from base of pectoral and from base of 

 caudal. Pectoral pointed, | length of head. Caudal covered with 



